Security News

Analytics exec nicked as Ecuador tries to rush through privacy laws after massive data leak
2019-09-18 16:00

Government gave them the deets, so not a hacking charge The head of Novaestrat, the data analytics company at the centre of the huge leak revealed on Monday involving personal information about...

Australian not-for-profit's encryption solution to privacy breaches
2019-09-17 14:04

An Australian open source foundation is introducing a new approach to encryption called splintering, TechRepublic's Karen Roby talks with the Tide Foundation's co-founder.

Mozilla Private Network VPN gives Firefox another privacy boost
2019-09-13 10:47

Is this week's test pilot launch of Mozilla Private Network the moment browser VPNs finally become a must-have privacy feature?

CMMI Institute and CohnReznick alliance offers tailored cybersecurity and privacy solutions
2019-09-13 00:00

ISACA CMMI Institute announced a strategic alliance with CohnReznick, one of the leading advisory, accounting, and tax firms in the United States. CohnReznick offers cybersecurity and privacy...

How to navigate critical data security and privacy policy challenges
2019-09-12 05:30

By 2020, there will be 40x more bytes of data than there are stars in the universe as we know it. And with data growth comes more security and privacy obstacles for organizations and business...

Mozilla increases browser privacy with encrypted DNS
2019-09-10 10:51

Mozilla is about to turn on-by-default an oft-overlooked privacy feature in Firefox.

Google hopes to protect users with open source differential privacy library
2019-09-09 12:57

Google's differential privacy library will give organizations a way to study their data while protecting people's information.

Should social media organizations be subject to strict privacy regulation?
2019-09-09 04:30

80% of IT security professionals agree that more security and privacy legislation is needed, especially for social media organizations that store personal data. However, nearly the same number of...

BigID raises $50M to help enterprises comply with global privacy regulation
2019-09-08 22:45

BigID, the leader in data-centric personal data privacy and protection, announced that it has raised $50 million in Series C funding to help enterprises comply with global privacy regulation and...

Google’s differential privacy library can now be used by anyone
2019-09-06 07:22

Google has open-sourced a differential privacy library that helps power some of its core products. What it differential privacy? Differential privacy is a method for analyzing data contained in a...